Nervous? Yes, but it’s nothing to do with South Africa or that tackle

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BECAUSE it’s South Africa, people ask me about Jannes Labuschagne: 11 months ago, the game at Twickenham, that tackle.

This is how I remember it. It was early in the game, the ball had come back to me and I kicked it away. I don’t recall Labuschagne’s hit being particularly late but it did feel different. Maybe I wasn’t expecting it, maybe my body wasn’t quite ready to take it. I was in mid-air when he hit me and I’m thinking “it’s a big hit, right, the floor’s coming soon, I’ve got to try to land without hurting myself”. I